Kremlin says instant results not possible after Trump demands Ukraine progress
By Guy Faulconbridge
The Kremlin said on Sunday contacts with U.S. President Donald Trump’s team were moving ahead very well but that it was too early to expect ...
Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital, patients evacuated
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital on Sunday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, medics said, in a ...
Iran, US hold ‘positive’ talks in Oman, agree to resume next week
By Parisa Hafezi
Iran and the U.S. said they held “positive” and “constructive” talks in Oman on Saturday and agreed to reconvene next week in a dialogue meant to ...
Classical music at Coachella? LA Philharmonic makes desert debut
By Danielle Broadway
The Los Angeles Philharmonic led the charge into their first Coachella performance on Saturday with the “Ride of the Valkyries,” helmed by Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, in ...
UK house prices fall as market feels tax break hangover
British house prices unexpectedly fell in March, according to data from mortgage lender Halifax which represented the latest sign of a cooling in the market after a rush to buy ...
Trump spares smartphones, computers, other electronics from China tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs to smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech ...
UK to take emergency control of British Steel, with nationalisation on the table
Britain moved to take control of British Steel and keep its blast furnaces open on Saturday, as a minister told an emergency parliamentary session that a full nationalisation of the ...
Mangione lawyers ask judge to prevent prosecutors from seeking death penalty
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers on Friday asked a judge to prevent the U.S. government from seeking the death penalty in a case accusing him of shooting and killing the ...
Greece to repay first bailout loans by 2031, ten years early
Greece will pay off loans granted under the first of three debt-crisis bailouts by 2031, two government officials told Reuters, as the country seeks to lose its label as the most ...
Trump trade team chases 90 deals in 90 days. Experts say good luck with that
President Donald Trump’s administration wants to strike 90 trade deals in 90 days, but the challenges to quickly resolving the president’s trade war are already apparent.
European Union trade chief ...
Gaza ‘hell on earth’ as hospital supplies running out
The president of the Red Cross described the humanitarian situation in Gaza on Friday as “hell on earth” and warned that its field hospital will run out of supplies within ...
US envoy meets Putin as Trump tells Moscow to ‘get moving’ on Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with President Vladimir Putin on Friday in St. Petersburg about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine ...
Mighty US dollar feels heat as Trump’s tariffs spark trade turmoil
In just a week, the dollar has gone from a safe haven to investors’ whipping boy as US President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs on friend and foe alike undermine ...
UK to slash regulations for smaller private equity and hedge funds
Britain’s government wants to dilute regulations for smaller private equity and hedge funds in a bid to bolster the country’s appeal as an investment hub.
The UK finance ...
Witkoff, Putin meeting ends after more than four hours
Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff that focused on settling the Ukraine conflict concluded late on Friday after more than four hours.
The Kremlin ...
White House says ‘all hell to pay’ should Iran develop nuclear weapon
President Donald Trump wants Iran to know that there will be “all hell to pay” if it does not abandon its nuclear programme, his press secretary told reporters on Friday ...
Bomb goes off outside Hellenic Train offices in Athens, no injuries
An explosion occurred outside the offices of Hellenic Train in Athens, Greek police said on Friday, adding there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Police cordoned off the area after ...
Trump says five more law firms agree to pro bono work for common causes
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that five more law firms had agreed to devote a total of at least $600 million in free legal work to causes he supports, ...
Webb telescope documents alien planet’s death plunge into a star
In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the time, they believed the planet met its doom ...
Pentagon fires Greenland base commander after Vance visit
The US military has fired the commander of a US Space Force base in Greenland following a visit there by Vice President JD Vance and said it would not tolerate ...
Judge orders Trump administration to advise its steps to return wrongly deported Salvadoran man
The Trump administration must explain to a federal court without delay what it is doing to facilitate the return of a Maryland resident it illegally deported to El Salvador, a ...
UK economy beats forecasts in February but Trump tariffs threaten future growth
Britain’s economy returned to growth in February with its fastest expansion in 11 months, beating economists’ expectations and placing it on a slightly firmer footing as it braces for the ...
Jailed Istanbul mayor denies insulting prosecutor in court
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, appeared before a court on Friday for the first time since his high-profile arrest last month, over ...
Gazans struggle to find water as clean sources become increasingly scarce
Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their only source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel’s water utility were cut by the ...